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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose spirit does Vanessa feel in the room as she views books and engravings in Grandpa Nye's library?
(a) Tecumseh's.
(b) William Henry Harrison's.
(c) Uncle Joab's.
(d) Grandma Nye's.

2. Which of the following does Vanessa not consider herself to to?
(a) Awkward.
(b) Radiant.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Tall.

3. What beverage does the family drink before dinner?
(a) Sherry.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Wine.
(d) Coffee.

4. Vanessa stops doing homework to __________________.
(a) Go to a movie.
(b) Help her mother prepare dinner.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Go swimming.

5. Which of the following does Vanessa's family not do when they come for dinner at Grandpa Nye's house?
(a) Listen to stories.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Look at old photographs.
(d) Drink homemade wine.

6. What does Vanessa do in her bedroom?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Listens to music.
(c) Combs her hair.
(d) Changes clothes.

7. Which of the following did Grandpa Nye not do during his explorations as a young man?
(a) Climb Mt. Everest.
(b) Hike through forests.
(c) Sit with Indians around campfires.
(d) Go whitewater rafting.

8. What do Lisa and Vanessa go to the basement with Grandpa Nye to do?
(a) Look at scrapbooks.
(b) Bring up some apples.
(c) Pick out a bottle of wine.
(d) Find their old bicycles.

9. What does Vanessa wait for during the summer vacation?
(a) She waits for the mail.
(b) She waits for Dirk to kiss her.
(c) She waits for good weather.
(d) She waits for the fish to bite.

10. James DeGolyer came to Canada, moved to Massachusetts and eventually settled in _____________.
(a) Georgia.
(b) Maine.
(c) Ohio.
(d) New York.

11. What did Vanessa's father swallow whole as a joke?
(a) Mini marshmallows.
(b) Flies.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Minnows.

12. Which of the following is not how Vanessa describes the cottage?
(a) Musty.
(b) Bright.
(c) Cool.
(d) Smelly.

13. What does Vanessa's mother talk to her about while Dirk is in town?
(a) Make up.
(b) Sex.
(c) Fashion.
(d) College.

14. What is the name of Grandpa Nye's book?
(a) How to Tie a Tie.
(b) Buy a Car Without Being Taken for a Ride.
(c) Loves of My Life.
(d) Summer Wanderings in Northern Canada.

15. What is the name of Grandpa Nye's great-grandfather?
(a) James Devereaux.
(b) John DeGolyer.
(c) James DeGolyer.
(d) James Delaney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vanessa's father show the kids at the lake how to do?

2. Which branch of the military does Dirk join?

3. Grandpa Nye says that the roads the family will take on vacation are the same paths traveled by _______________ in the Indian campaigns of the 1790s.

4. Which of the following is not a summer activity at the lake?

5. What does Vanessa do to help the war effort?

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